Cattle Market Pulse

Indiana cattle prices & auction market reports

USDA market reports from 6 Indiana auction markets, most recently Friday, September 4, 2026. Every report in full — prices by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.

What cattle are bringing in Indiana

Head-weighted average across 1,002 head at the 4 Indiana markets that sold these classes by the hundredweight, Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026.

Indiana cattle classes by head count, head-weighted $/cwt
Class $/cwt Avg wt (lb) ≈ $/hd est. Head Markets
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $306.19 751 $2,299 337 3
heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $298.20 756 $2,254 258 1
heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $307.00 890 $2,732 175 1
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $329.62 651 $2,146 116 2
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $292.88 852 $2,495 65 4
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $343.02 563 $1,931 51 2

Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.

Indiana markets
Market Town Last sale Head
Stoney Pike Livestock Auction Logansport Thu · May 1, 2025 115
Shipshewana Livestock Auction Shipshewana Wed · Sep 2, 2026 1,912
Springville Feeder Cattle Auction Springville Fri · Sep 4, 2026 559
Topeka Livestock Auction Topeka Tue · Sep 1, 2026 356
United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction Vincennes Wed · Apr 30, 2025 234
Eastern Cornbelt Direct Cattle Report (IL/IN/MI/MN/OH/KY) Mon · Aug 31, 2026 260